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Timelines and milestones
To provide you with the best possible service, we need to plan ahead and work with you on drawing up your timetables.
Our teams have been trained to handle all train path requests fairly and equitably, irrespective whether they come from railway passenger or freight train operators, transport organising authorities or industrial firms.
Mid-December Y-2: start of the train path application period
Mid-April Y-1
end of the train path
application period
July Y-1
SNCF Réseau response
to applications.
Negotiations and
adjustments with clients.
September Y-1
publication
of the timetable
of services for year Y
Mid-December Y -1 to D-8
last minute applications and adaptations
What is a train path?
A “train path” consists of the infrastructure necessary to enable a given train to be worked from one point to another at a given time. It may be likened to the corridors used by aircraft to fly from one airport to another.
What is the annual service timetable?
The annual timetable is the list of all train and rolling stock movements scheduled over a 12-month period starting from midnight on the second Saturday in December.
Train path charging
The charge raised for train paths depends on a number of statutory, industrial and economic criteria. The rules governing charging vary depending on whether train paths are for freight or passenger traffic.
Freight
Network Statement
Pour aller plus loin, consulter le chapitre 4 du DRR relatif à l’allocation de capacité
Helping you make the right choices
We can examine your needs with you in depth and advise you at all stages of your transport project.
Checking your rolling stock compatibility
Before your rolling stock can be worked on our network, you will first need to check whether it is compatible with our railway infrastructure.